Expanded endonasal approach: Vidian canal as a landmark to the petrous internal carotid artery: Technical note

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 177-183

  Kassam, Amin B ^a   Vescan, Allan D ^a   Carrau, Ricardo L ^a   Prevedello, Daniel M ^a   Gardner, Paul ^a   Mintz, Arlan H ^a   Snyderman, Carl H ^a   Rhoton Jr , Albert L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; Endoscopic endonasal approach; Pterygoid plate; Skull base; Vidian canal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; NERVE LESION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PETROUS BONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VIDIAN NERVE;

ADULT; CADAVER; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; DISSECTION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMANS; NASAL CAVITY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PETROUS BONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL BASE;

EID: 38149116055     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/JNS/2008/108/01/0177     Document Type: Article

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